1 Being ‘at-home’ on OPAT: A qualitative study of parents' experiences of paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Short running title: Being at-home on paediatric OPAT. Corresponding author: Bernie Carter Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk, L39 4QP, UK. Telephone: 01695 657771 Email bernie.carter@edgehill.ac.uk ORCID: 0000-0001-5226-9878 Authors Bernie Carter, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK. ORCID: 0000-0001-5226-9878 Debra Fisher-Smith, University of Liverpool, UK. David Porter, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK Steven Lane, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Matthew Peak, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK. David Taylor-Robinson, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. Louise Bracken, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK. Enitan Carrol, University of Liverpool & Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK. Keywords Antimicrobial therapy, Children, Community, OPAT, At-home, Support, Information. Word count 2887 words brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by Edge Hill University Research Information Repository